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Classical and Contemporary Issues in Indian Studies

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Kumar, P. Pratap [u.a.] [Hrsg.]:
Classical and Contemporary Issues in Indian Studies : Essays in Honour of Trichur S. Rukmani / ed. by P. Pratap Kumar, Jonathan Duquette. - New Delhi : D.K. Printworld, 2013. - xviii, 462 S.
ISBN 978-81-246-0652-0
US$ 60,00 (D.K. Printworld)
US$ 74,70 (Bagchee)
DDC: 181.4

Beschreibung
This book is a Festschrift volume in honour of Prof. Trichur S. Rukmani that reflects the plethora of issues which she studied in her scholastic life. It includes twenty-four essays by distinguished scholars on various classical and contemporary issues pertaining to Indian studies. While the volume discusses current research in the field of Yoga — Prof. Rukmani's primary research field — it also invites further reflection on other areas of Indian thought which have attracted her attention in the course of her long and fruitful academic career.
   The volume is divided thematically into six sections. The first two sections deal with the interpretation of the Yoga, Vedanta and Gaudiya-Vaishnava traditions, exploring issues of hermeneutics, methodology and philosophical analysis. The third section addresses issues of continuity within the Indian tradition and includes essays on tantric Shaivism, Mimamsa and the Bhagavad-Gita. The next two sections feature essays on the Sanskrit philosophical discourse, grammar, epic literature and renunciation in the Indian tradition. The last section of the volume takes up issues of contemporary relevance such as the insights from the Hindu tradition towards environmental ethics, the Svadhyaya movement and its dharmic ecology, non-violence, gender, cultural identity as well as syncretism.
   The volume, including essays as diverse as Prof. Trichur S. Rukmani's own scholarly interests, will certainly benefit all scholars and students of Indology, especially those concerned with the religious and philosophical traditions of India. [Verlagsinformation]

Inhalt
Preface
Acknowledgements
Prof. Trichur S. Rukmani: A Biographical Profile
Introduction
PART ONE: ISSUES IN INTERPRETING THE YOGA TRADITION
1. Christopher Key Chapple:
Reading the Fourth Pāda of Patañjali’s Yoga-Sūtra
2. Daniel Raveh:
Rethinking Prajñā: Yoga-Sūtra 1.49 under a Philosophical Magnifying Glass
3. Ian Whicher:
Moving Towards a Non-Dualistic Interpretation of Yoga: The Integration of Spirit (Puruṣa) and Matter (Prakṛti) in the Yoga-Sūtra
4. Frederick M. Smith:
Yoga-Sūtras II.25 and the Conundrum of Kaivalya
5. Gerald James Larson:
Yoga’s Theism: A New Way of Understanding God
PART TWO: ISSUES IN INTERPRETING THE VEDANTA TRADITION
6. John Grimes:
Advaita Vedanta Insights
7. Vidyasankar Sundaresan:
Shankara granthah katham otah protash ca?
8. Jonathan Duquette, K. Ramasubramanian:
Appaya Dīkṣita on Avidyānivṛtti: A Critique in Siddhāntaleśasaṅgraha
9. Barbara A. Holdrege:
The Gauḍīya Challenge to Advaita Vedanta and Classical Yoga: Re-figuring Models of Embodiment and Personhood
PART THREE: ISSUES OF CONTINUITY AND COMPATIBILITY
10. Ashok Aklujkar:
Saṅkarṣa-kāṇḍa: A Victim in Mīmāṃsā Madhyama-vyāyoga
11. Sthaneshwar Timalsina:
Linguistic and Cosmic Powers: The Concept of Śakti in the Philosophies of Bhartṛhari and Abhinavagupta
12. P. Pratap Kumar:
Freedom in the Bhagavad-Gita: An Analysis of Buddhi and Sattva Categories
PART FOUR: ISSUES OF NARRATIVE, PHILOSOPHICAL DISCOURSE AND GRAMMAR
13. Edeltraud Harzer:
Forging the Fate of Karṇa: Observations on the Critical Edition of the Mahābhārata
14. David Peter Lawrence:
Truth and Power in Sanskrit Philosophical Discourse
15. John Brockington:
Rāmāyaṇa Notes III: The Past Active Participle
PART FIVE: ISSUES OF BRAHMANICAL INTELLECTUALS, ASCETICS AND RENUNCIANTS
16. Gregory Bailey:
Some Notes on the Difficulties in Defining Intellectual Opponents in the Mahābhārata
17. Leslie C. Orr:
Renunciation and Celebration: Ascetics in the Temple Life of Medieval Tamil Nadu
PART SIX: ISSUES IN CONTEMPORARY HINDUISM: ENVIRONMENT, NON-VIOLENCE, GENDER, FAITH AND SYNCRETISM
18. Georges A. James:
Hinduism and the Environment: Then and Now
19. Pankaj Jain:
Earth, Water, and Dharmic Ecology: Perspectives from the Svādhyāya Practitioners
20. Carl Olson:
Technology, Violence, and Non-violence: A Gandhian Type of Response
21. Madhav M. Deshpande:
Reviewing Hinduism: Religion, Violence, and Non-Violence
22. Ramdas Lamb:
The Role of Government Education in the Lives of Females in Rural Chhattisgarh
23. Acharya Vidyasagar V.V. Raman:
On Being Hindu: Some Autobiographical Reflections
24. Afsar Mohammad:
Ziyaratu Darshanam: A South Indian Pilgrimage Beyond the Boundaries
Contributors
Appointments and Publications
Index

Gefeierte Person
TRICHUR S. RUKMANI, retired Professor and Chair of Hindu Studies in the Department of Religion, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada. Faculty page.

Quellen: D.K. Printworld; Bagchee
Bildquelle: D.K. Printworld
Bibliographie: [1]

References

  1. Kumar, P. Pratap [Hrsg.], Duquette, Jonathan [Hrsg.] (2013).  Classical and Contemporary Issues in Indian Studies: Essays in Honour of Trichur S. Rukmani. xviii, 462 S.
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